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  1. Re:Don't wait until we get to Mars... on Kansas Soil Yields Massive Meteorite · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ground penetrating radar will likely not be as effective in places like africa which tends to have a lot of salt in the ground in areas where water is no longer available. This technology is often used by the military in order to find things like hidden weapons and landmines, though is virtually ineffective in many desert areas due to the sodium deposits from salt. fortunately for mars, there probably isn't the problem with salts in the soils, and this method should be highly effective.

  2. Re:2 Pages? on China Claims Successful Fusion Power Test · · Score: 0

    exploding heads? that sounds more like fission than fusion.

  3. Re:That's Because... on Noise Over Mac OS Market Share "Slip" · · Score: 0

    actually, i'd say the ratio is closer to 2:1 but then again, so is the price ratio of mac to pc.

  4. Re:An entire season? on Firefly Marathon on SciFi, September 18th · · Score: 0

    Actually, there's a few episodes missing, so its neither AN or THE entire season.

  5. broad patents on Nintendo and Microsoft in Suit Over Controller Patents · · Score: 1, Interesting

    these patents don't seem all that specific, 'Analog Controls Housed with Electronic Displays' implies that putting a screen of any type, or an LED for that matter would be a breach of patent, i somehow think that this won't fly in court, especially with the kind of attorneys that microsoft and nintendo can afford. as for the other patents, i don't see much more substantial stuff there either.

  6. Re:Perfect storm of perfect storms on 'Perfect Storm' of Mac Sales on the Horizon? · · Score: 0

    Because they couldn't find anywhere to put an extra i or X.

  7. Re:Why so long? on Futurama Returns · · Score: 0

    because people on slashdot watch adult swim while the late show is on!

  8. samsung on GSM Cell Phone Reception Quality? · · Score: 0

    stay away from samsung phones when you have GSM service...everyone i know who has one always blames the service provider when they don't get good reception, but i have a moto V551, and get flawless service at the same places the samsung owners get little or no service. Though i hear their CDMA phones are much better.

  9. Re:Aim High! on How IBM Out-foxed Intel With The Xbox 360 · · Score: 0

    actually, he held his chin up, but the gun jammed, so he then applied to microsoft...

  10. Re:Caps on VOYAGER 1 Signal Received by AMSAT-DL Group · · Score: 1, Funny

    anything that was built in the 1970's and has gone that far deserves to get its name in all Caps.

  11. huh? on Amazon CTO Rips Blogging Authors a New One · · Score: 0

    Did I miss something? That summary makes no sense, and didn't inspire me in the least to want to RTFA. Why is it on the main page anyway?

  12. hidden treasures? on Hidden Treasures in OpenOffice 2.0's Chart Tool · · Score: 1, Interesting

    there may be hidden treasures, so well hidden that i didn't learn a thing from reading that article! anyways, seems to me the biggest thing holding OO.o back from mainstream acceptance is "easily" being able to do a regression curve and display its equation for xy-scatter and line charts...c'mon guys, i'm no programmer, but it can't be *that* hard to implement, can it?

  13. Re:Well, what else on Physics Students Build Drivable Couch · · Score: 0

    they'll be the bomb at their LAN Parties

  14. Re:Good for them. on Toy Story 3 Scrapped · · Score: 1, Insightful

    A year passes, and then there's a purge. I don't think there will be any Pixar people left at Disney after 1 year, and Jobs will leave in 18 months...

    If Michael Eisner was still in charge, i might believe that, but he isn't and i think Disney is trying to recover from the disaster he caused.

  15. baseball on Who Owns Baseball Statistics? · · Score: 0

    don't quite remember who said this originally, but it reminds me of a good quote...
    "Without statistics, baseball would be as boring as golf."
    And indeed it would be in my opinion. Also, that little blurb about telecasts being the sole property of MLB and cannot be redistributed or used for purposes other than home entertainment that they play in the commercials sometimes leads me to believe that they actually do have the right to the statistics, though i would like to see it released into public domain.

  16. Re:HD-DVD on HD DVD Demo a Disappointment · · Score: 0

    There is nothing Blu-Ray can do to win

    Oh, except actually work!

  17. Re:Let's have a thought experiment first on Warp Engines In Development? · · Score: 0

    actually, it is in tallahassee, FL, somehow Florida State U. got the contract for it instead of the much more science based University of Florida.

  18. Re:*Staple*. *Staple*. *Staple.* on Warp Engines In Development? · · Score: 0

    i dunno, they're always talking about stable warp fields in star trek!

  19. Re:THis is where I miss VMS on Linux in a Business - Got Root? · · Score: 0, Funny

    Yeah, ACLs are nice. A buddy of mine tore one of his while playing football almost a year ago and is just now getting to where he can walk normally.

  20. same volume on Glass Shapes Can Make Us Drink Too Much · · Score: 0

    if they're the same volume, just fill 'em to the top, and it won't make any difference which you use, not that you'll be remembering much

  21. Re:Gaim? MS-messenger? on aMSN 0.95 Released · · Score: 0

    That must be why so many people send me buddy requests on MSN in either Spanish or Portugese.

  22. Patents on JPEG Patent Challenged · · Score: -1, Redundant

    What's the point of patents if anyone can get them overturned? Not saying i'm for software patents, but sometimes people just go too far.

  23. Recognition on Linux Lupper.Worm In the WIld · · Score: 0

    This just goes to show that people are recognizing Linux enough to be willing to write viruses for it.

  24. price comparison on The Problems with Broadband in America · · Score: 0

    meanwhile, those same people in other countries are paying sometimes more than twice as much for gasoline, which brings up the old adage: Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of back-up tapes.

  25. Re:Wasn't this covered in... on Transparent Aluminum a Reality · · Score: 0

    and 2004? here